Category Archives: Review
Pre-Review: Explosive Preaching, by Ron Boyd-MacMillan
Subtitle: Letters on Detonating the Gospel in the 21st Century. Published in 2006 by Paternoster. I was urged to get this book in a brief lunch-time encounter last month. Based on the enjoyable nature of our conversation, I trusted the … Continue reading
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Review: Bibleworks 8
I’ve had Bibleworks for many years (since the Hermeneutika days!), but I’ve had Bibleworks 8 for just a couple of weeks. Is it worth upgrading from an older version? Is it worth buying Bibleworks for the first time? Yes and … Continue reading
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Review: Sacred Rhetoric, by Michael Pasquarello III
Subtitle: Preaching as a Theological and Pastoral Practice of the Church (2006) Pasquarello is concerned by modern approaches to preaching. He sees contemporary approaches as being obsessed with “how-to’s” at the cost of having lost the divine-human conversation – we’ve … Continue reading
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Review: Preaching for Special Services, by Scott M. Gibson
They say you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover. In this case I think you shouldn’t judge a book by its size. This short one-hundred page book is well worth having for several reasons that I will list below. … Continue reading
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Review: Preach the Word, edited by Leland Ryken & Todd Wilson
Subtitle: Essays on Expository Preaching in Honor of R. Kent Hughes (2007) Kent Hughes is a name I have been aware of for many years, but honestly I have never heard him preach or read any of his books. Still, … Continue reading
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Pre-Review: Preach the Word, edited by Leland Ryken and Todd Wilson
Subtitle: Essays on Expository Preaching in Honor of R. Kent Hughes This recent volume from Crossway just landed on my doorstep. I have not read it, hence this is a “pre-review.” However, since I’ve not added a review for a … Continue reading
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Review: Preaching with Purpose, by Jay Adams
Subtitle: The Urgent Task of Homiletics (1982) Jay Adams is generally known as the Biblical or Nouthetic Counselling author of Competent to Counsel. Yet he would point out also his personal focus and study in the area of preaching. Years … Continue reading
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Review: The Word Became Fresh, by Dale Ralph Davis
Subtitle: How to Preach from Old Testament Narrative Texts (2006) Davis is a respected Old Testament scholar and pastor. Puzzled by the prevalent view that the Old Testament is a “problem” (caused, he asserts, by a skeptical brand of Old … Continue reading
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Review: The Expository Genius of John Calvin, by Steven J. Lawson, 2007.
Steven Lawson is a pastor who works closely with John MacArthur at the Expositor’s Institute. He was trained at Dallas and Reformed Theological Seminaries. This book is the first in a series of Long Line of Godly Men Profiles published … Continue reading
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Review: The Moody Handbook of Preaching, edited by John Koessler
It’s been a while since I added a book review to the site, so here’s a fresh book worthy of your consideration. This new work from Moody Press recently dropped through my door. I have not read it all, but … Continue reading
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